Lovers’s eyes
C -
F - C - F - G - C
C
F C
1. Love was kind, for a time,
F G - C
now
just aches, and it makes me blind.
C F
C
This mirrors
holds my eyes too bright,
F G - C
I can't see the others in my
life.
+ C - F - C - F -
G - C
C
F C
2. Were we too young our heads too strong
F
G - C
to
bear the weight of these lover's eyes ?
C F C
’Cause I feel numb beneath
your tongue,
F G - C
beneath
the curse of these lover's eyes.
F C
G C
But do not ask the price I pay, I must live with my quiet rage,
F
C
G C
tame the ghosts in my head that
run wild and wish me dead.
F C G C
Should you shake my ash to the wind, Lord, forget all of my sins,
F
C
G C
oh, let me die where I lie ‘neath the curse of my lover's eyes.
+ C - F - C
(3x)
C F C
3. ’Cause there's no drink or drug I've tried
F G - C
to
rid the curse of these lover's eyes.
C
F C
And I feel numb beneath your tongue,
F G C
your
strength just makes me feel less strong.
F C G C
But do not ask the price I pay, I must live with my quiet rage,
F C G C
tame the ghosts in my head that
run wild and wish me dead.
F C G C
Should you shake my ash to the wind, Lord, forget all of my sins,
F C G C
oh, let me die where I lie ‘neath the curse of my lover's eyes.
+ C - F - C
(3x)
C Em - C
+ And I’ll walk slow, I’ll
walk slo........w,
G F C
take
my hand, help me on my way.
C Em
- C
And I’ll walk slow, I’ll walk slo........w,
G F C
take
my hand, help me on my way.
+ C - G - C - Am - F - C (3x)
C G C
+ And I’ll walk slow,
I’ll walk slow,
Am F C
take
my hand, help me on my way.
C G
C
And I’ll walk slow, I’ll walk slow,
Am F C
take
my hand, help me on my way.
+
C - F - C - F - C
- F - G (3x) - C
(orig. = capo 2nd) (Mumford
& Sons)